Folding table



' (No Model.)

No. 424.879. PatentedApr. 1, 1890.

WITINESSEISI UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EVAN R. GOLDER, OF SWAMPSCOTT, MASSACHUSETTS.

FOLDING TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 424,879, dated April 1,1890.

Application filed May 3, 1889. Serial No. 309,425. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EVAN R. GOLDER, of Swampscott, in the county ofEssexand Oommonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvem ent inFolding Tables, of which the following, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, is a specification.

, This invention relates to improvements in folding tables.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a table constructedin accordance with and embodying this invention. Fig. 2 is a similarview representing the table in an elevated position.

The table-top A is mounted on uprights a by screws e, on which screwsthe table-top turns pivotally, and may be held in a horizontal orinclined position by mechanism composed of clamp f and clamp-bolt h,arranged to operate in connection with the cleat 'n, as shown. Theclamp-bolt extends through a curved slot in the upper end of thestandard, and the clamp f consists of a collar on said bolt, providedwith a handle by which the clamping effect may be easily accomplished.

The uprights a are arranged to slide vertically in cross-bars m, towhich end a grooveway is formed in the uprights to receive the screw 4,whereby the upright is held and guided in its movements. The desiredelevation of the table having been attained, the

screw4 is operated to clamp the upright a to the cross-piece m tosustain the position of the table-top.

Attached to the cross-bars m are legs or standards 5, as represented.Said standards are pivotally connected to the cross-bar m in pairs andhave braces 6, that are pivot-ally attached at one end to the standardsand at the opposite end to the uprights a.

From the foregoing description it will be understood that as the uprighta is moved upward the table-top A is lifted and the standards 5 aredrawn together by braces 6, thereby giving support to the table-top andmaintaining it at a high elevation, as in Fig. 2; but when the uprightsare dropped downward the standards are opened outwardly and thetable-top presses down upon cross-bars m, as in Fig. 1. treme high andlow positions of the table. The intermediate elevationsare maintained inan obvious manner by means of screw 4.

The table-top A may be inclined at any desiredangle and is supported byclamp-screw h. NVhen not in use, the top may be set at its most inclinedangle and the standards closed together, in which folded position thetable sets closely up to the wall or into any narrow retaining box orrecess.

The table may be provided with one or more drawers to suit and isprovided with a rib or cleat 7. Said rib is made detachable from thetable-top, and to that end it is provided with pins that entersuitableretaining-holes formed in the table. WVhen not in use, the cleatand pins are lifted and the cleat is set into a suitable holding-recessformed on the under side of the table-top.

- Having thus described my invention, I claim These two figuresrepresent the ex- A table consisting of vertical standards a,

EVAN R. GOLDER.

\Vitnesses:

M. S. NICHOLS, O. B. TUTTLE.

